Immigrant Ships
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Brig Louise

I, John Covell, Master of the Brig Louise, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board the said Brig at Bermuda, from which Port the said Brig has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said Passengers who have died on said Voyage and the names and ages of those who died.
So help me God. (Signature) John N. B. Covell.

Sworn to this 2 May 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Brig Louisa whereof John Covell is Master, from Bermuda, burthen 259 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage, and a notation if the passenger died on the voyage.

       
        
  1  Capt Richards      30y6m  M  Capt      New York      New York      Cabin
  2  Lettie Richards    25y5m  F  Wife      New York      New York      Cabin
  3  Infant Richards     0y2m  F  Child     New York      New York      Cabin
  4* Capt Robins        45y6m  M  Capt      New Bedford   New Bedford   Cabin
  5* George Robins      11y7m  M  No Occ    New Bedford   New York      Cabin
  6  Darah Shaw         25y4m  F  Wife      Nova Scotia   New York      Cabin
  7  Mrs Tuzo           70y2m  F  No Occ    New York      New York      Cabin
  8  J. Tuzo            36y1m  F  No Occ    New York      New York      Cabin
  9  Mary Ketchem       50y7m  F  No Occ    New York      New York      Cabin
 10* W^m Jennins        30y8m  M  Merchant  Bermuda       New York      Cabin
 11* B. Sewall          50y6m  M  Merchant  Philadelphia  Philadelphia  Cabin
 12  W^m Pitt           30y1m  M  Merchant  Philadelphia  Philadelphia  Cabin
 13* A. Johnson         ?8y3m  F  Servant   Bermuda       Bermuda       Cabin
 
   
 Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that cannot be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of
  the manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader 
  should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is 
  superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.

  The recorder of the manifest often abbreviates given names by writing the first few 
  letters of the name, then skipping letters and then writing the final letter as 
  superscripted.  In these cases, the transcriber uses the symbol (^) to indicate that 
  the following letter is superscripted, i.e.,  W^m for William.  


  4-5  Surname is recorded as "Robins", but might possibly be "Robbins".
 10    Surname is recorded as "Jennins", but might possibly be "Jennings".
 11    Surname appears to be either "Sewall" or "Servall".
 13    Passenger's Age is obscurred by an ink spot.
         

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 369.

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